Reflective Practice
Learning Activity
Benefits of Reflective Practice
Purpose:
To develop and understanding of the benefits of reflective practice
To reflect on events / actions / activities or teaching situations to identify
where those benefits have occurred.
Learning outcomes:
By the end of this activity, participants will be able to:
Develop their capacity for Reflective Practice
Record examples of where benefits have been gained from reflective practice.
Share those reflections with others
Resources needed:
Benefits of Reflective Practice Resource
Activity:
Part 1 – Pair / small group work
Ask participants to identify a series of at least two incidents / activities /
situations relating to their recent teaching.
With at least one other peer, ask some of the Generic Reflective Practice
questions to identify what learning can be drawn from reflecting on the
practice
Map the answers from the pair or small group cross to the table of potential
benefits to see which have occurred.
Part 2 – Plenary
Share results across the group
Discuss where benefits occurred, where this was less the case and if any
overall patterns emerged
Agree ways to maximise the benefits from reflection and minimise the
problems arising in future
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